Hillwood Comprehensive High School is a public high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 located in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

 and is part of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) District

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, or MNPS, is a school district that serves the city of Nashville, Tennessee. Over 74,000 students are currently enrolled in the district's 71 elementary schools, 36 middle schools and 15 high schools.- Demographics :...

. The school mascot is the Hilltopper and the school colors are kelly green, black and white. Hillwood was built in 1959.

Academics

Hillwood offers all levels of academics. Standard and honors level courses are available along with Advanced Placement

Advanced Placement Program

The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...

 and International Baccalaureate courses. Hillwood became one of the first IB World Schools in Tennessee in February 2004. It offers the Diploma Programme. Additionally, the AVID

Advancement Via Individual Determination

Advancement Via Individual Determination is an American college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four-year colleges, focusing on students in the academic middle. The formula is to raise expectations of students...

 (meaning Advancement Via Individual Determination) program is available. Additionally, Hillwood is a Technology Site Demonstration school.

Athletics

There are many sports available for students to participate in. The Topper Athletic Club (TAC) is a parent/faculty organization that helps support all sports teams. They generally meet once a month. All sporting events are overseen by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA)

Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association

The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is an organization which administers junior and senior high school sporting events in Tennessee.-Description:...

. Hillwood has had moderate success in athletics.

Sports at HHS include:

• Baseball
• Basketball (Boys & Girls)
• Bowling (Boys & Girls)
• Cheerleading
• Cross Country (Boys & Girls)
• Football
• Golf (Boys & Girls)
• Hockey
• Soccer (Boys & Girls)
• Softball
• Tennis (Boys & Girls)
• Track (Boys & Girls)
• Volleyball
• Wrestling

Team Accomplishments

The football team was State Championship contender in the 1990s and early 2000s under coach Jerry Link before their move from AAAA (4A) to AAAAA (5A), which was Tennessee's highest class, now there are 6 classes, Hillwood is in 5A. The football team is currently coached by Bubba Spears, who has previously coached at Stratford and started the program at East Literature.

The wrestling team is known for their dominance in the 1970s under famed coach G.P. West, whom the Brentwood Invitational (G.P. West Bruin Invitational) is named for, as well as its many State Champions and the Hillwood Invitaional. Also the Wrestling team had a great run in the mid-1990s under Al Posnack. His best year was the 1994-1995 campaign with a 13-1 record. The Program was restarted by Jody Duncan in 2009-2010. He was a state runner up for Nashville Christian at 189 lbs.

The baseball team accumulated Hillwood's first State Championship in any sport when they won the TSSAA AAA State Championship over Maryville High School in 1977.

The Freshmen Girls Volleyball team found recent success when they won the Nashville City Championship in 2007.

The Basketball team is known for famed player Charles Hathaway who was a McDonald's All-American in 1996 and went on to play four years at the University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...

. In addition, the boys basketball team was at one time coached by current Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University is a state university and research institution located in DeKalb, Illinois, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P...

 head coach and long time Colorado Buffaloes

Colorado Buffaloes

The University of Colorado Boulder sponsors 16 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's team are called the Buffaloes or Golden Buffaloes . "Lady Buffs" referred to the women's teams beginning in the 1970s, but was officially dropped in 1993...

 head coach Ricardo Patton

Ricardo Patton

-External links:*...

.

Rivals

Hillwood has a few sports rivals. Their main rivalry is with Hillsboro High School

Hillsboro Comprehensive High School

Hillsboro High School is a comprehensive high school in Nashville, Tennessee. Established in 1939, the school is one of fifteen high schools in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. The school offers the IB Diploma Programme.-History:...

 in the annual "Battle of the Hills". Other rivals include John Overton High School

John Overton Comprehensive High School

John Overton Comprehensive High School is a public high school located in Nashville, Tennessee. It is named after prominent Judge John Overton , advisor to President Andrew Jackson. The school opened in September 1958 and was renovated and expanded in 1995...

, Glencliff High School, McGavock High School

McGavock Comprehensive High School

McGavock Comprehensive High School is a public high school located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school is very notable for its strong band program, having won the state championship 24 times: 1972-1979, 1982, 1987-1991, 1993-1994, 1997-2000, 2002-2005...

, and Father Ryan High School

Father Ryan High School

Father Ryan High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Nashville, Tennessee. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville and named for Father Abram J. Ryan.-Campus:...

. Montgomery Bell Academy

Montgomery Bell Academy

Montgomery Bell Academy is a preparatory day school for boys in grades 7 through 12 in Nashville, Tennessee.The school ideal is "Gentleman, Scholar, Athlete." Montgomery Bell Academy is noted for a large number of National Merit and other scholarship winners...

(MBA) has previously been a major rival, the schools are around two miles apart, but Hillwood has not been prominent since the public/private split.